[QUOTE=Whydmer;298462]Ultraddtd You can get into a match with a party intact. I did it last night. (admittedly the first try was problematic) I joined a party with another forum member ans some of his friends. we were all at the main screen area customizing/tweaking characters. We were a mish-mash of levels/ranks (thats where the problems happened). The first campaign game put together did not allow the higher ranked players into it. I am not sure if the correct setting wasn’t toggled or if there was a different problem. We tried again and everything went smoothly. There is a join as xbox live party option within the game. When one person starts a game the rest of the party members click this option. click the players name and join their game.
I would like to see this method refined and be more user friendly, but at the least there is a method to join games with friends already.[/QUOTE]
That’s essentially joining a game in progress. Granted, it cuts out having to pull up the guide, scroll to the player and select join game in progress, but it doesn’t guarantee that the other party members will make it into the game.
A proper party system would search for games with enough empty slots to accommodate the team. In the least, a system similar to L4D’s would be nice, where you could create a game, invite your friends, then make it public so pubs can join. In fact, that’s what I assumed Brink’s system would be, until we found out otherwise at launch.